accomplishment

noun

ə-ˈkäm-plish-mənt How to pronounce accomplishment (audio)
Definition of accomplishmentnext
1
as in success
a successful result brought about by hard work our biggest accomplishment this week was finishing the living room makeover

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2
as in execution
the doing of an action your prompt accomplishment of this urgent project is much appreciated

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3
as in achievement
the state of being actual or complete a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see

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as in education
a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts what his wife lacked in traditional accomplishment she made up for with a great generosity of spirit

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Recent Examples of accomplishment The latest accomplishment has been standardizing what materials can be recycled across four out of five households. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 Learning a song well enough to play it for yourself can be an accomplishment enough. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 30 July 2026 The accomplishment marked a major milestone for Starship's upper-stage. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 July 2026 All three opted to stay despite the way management gutted the program, seemingly with little regard for its recent accomplishments. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for accomplishment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accomplishment
  1. success
  2. execution
  3. achievement
  4. education
  5. fulfillment
  6. realization
  7. civilization
  8. implementation
Noun
  • Miramax's explosive success with Pulp Fiction ignited an indie boom, rewrote Oscar campaigns, and blurred the line between independent cinema and the Hollywood mainstream.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige reacted to the sequel’s box-office success in a new interview with Variety.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of success
Noun
  • This strategy transforms passive allyship education into active operational execution with accountability layered in.
    — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • More than two years after a California mother's desperate 911 call ended with her 4-year-old son witnessing her killing, the father prosecutors said carried out the execution will spend decades behind bars.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of execution
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  • For the select list of comedians who have sold out the place, filling the arena is considered a pinnacle of achievement.
    — Hillary Atkin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Any federal funding will depend on negotiations of final agreements and the achievement of project milestones.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of achievement
Noun
  • Some factors outside of districts’ control, such as the declining birth rate and competition with the private sector, could be contributing to this trend, according to local and state education leaders.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
  • Villalobos’ career spans thirty years in the school district with a brief interlude in the private sector, working for education technology companies.
    — Austin Horn July 30, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of education
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  • When the pandemic hit, Ikea had to turn its shuttered stores into fulfillment centers almost overnight, which supercharged its e-commerce operations.
    — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • Additionally, GoodRx for Weight Loss is a comprehensive, direct-to-consumer telemedicine subscription built to simplify every step of the GLP-1 treatment journey, from consultation to prescription to fulfillment.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of fulfillment
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  • That realization led Brown to her first ghost kitchen space before eventually expanding to a food truck, where Mariah’s Taco Spot became known for its birria tacos, taco boxes, wings and creative specialty tacos.
    — Evan Moore August 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Commenting on the key insights from the Q2 preliminary update, Mariani noted strong oil and gas price realizations in the quarter.
    — TipRanks.com, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of realization
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  • The finding also suggests the civilization would have spanned 183,000 square kilometers (70,657 square miles), an area about the size of North Dakota.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 July 2026
  • But more specifically, Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s poem pinpoints how pervasively violence against women is a part of civilization’s moral decay.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026
Definition of civilization
Noun
  • About half of these projects, which included an internal AI assistant to help the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration answer taxpayers’ questions, didn’t see long-term implementation.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
  • The nitty-gritty implementation at a kernel level gets pretty complicated—read through Vernet’s write-up for all the details.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026
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